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JesBelle · **Joined:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:50 pm **Posts:** 2062

That's it! My compulsion to reply to spam is "Performance Art"! And I let you guys have it for free. :ugeek:

Paul Kierstead · **Posted:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:31 am

Maybe I should write a script that monitors it and makes sure I am post 1,000,000. That would be cool. Would have to pound the site some though, cause the spammers come hard and fast.

TheFuzzy · **Posted:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:25 pm

Paul Kierstead wrote:

I'm not sure if they haven't taken it down because their consultant is lazy, stupid, poorly instructed, unethical or if it was done on purpose.

I'll choose "F. All of the Above".

wino · **Posted:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:08 pm

All right - I have upped the ante one more time; let's see them resist this salvo!!

http://www.cooksillustrated.com/ibb/topics.aspx?date=2%2f4%2f2012&boardID=1

TO THE DEATH :!:

Frank, is it safe????

Da Bull Man · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:20 am

wino wrote:

All right - I have upped the ante one more time; let's see them resist this salvo!!

http://www.cooksillustrated.com/ibb/topics.aspx?date=2%2f4%2f2012&boardID=1

TO THE DEATH :!:

Frank, is it safe????

Given that you are screaming into an unoccupied cave...I vote yes! :roll:

You should have directed them to go "toward the light"

Subject: CI BB Staff - It's okay, just let go, everything will be fine, trust us.
If you're in there please know that you have become the butt of endless jokes and/or weeping compassion - take your pick. Redemption is possible but you need to make the decision. Become one again and we will support you, we'll renew our subscriptions, we'll participate online, we'll help fight the evil spammers! But, you have to show up. Give us a wink, a nudge, even a subtle middle finger perched upon your bended knee will sufffice (think of the crew of the American spy ship, Pueblo, taken by the North Koreans in 1968). But this endless dawdling from CI promises made long ago is killing us on the sidelines (well, killing us with laughter, but still...). Do something - even the spammers are showing less interest. Hello?! Hello? Anyone????

Paul Kierstead · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:52 pm

For example, today klinda registered and posted. It appears in all ways to be a sincere post. How did she find the forum? I am guessing through google. So, um, CI, you know that just taking a link off your page doesn't really "hide" it, right?

wino · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:36 pm

Pretty weird that we are 'talking' to CI through The Fuzzy . . .

ivy · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:23 pm

Idealnet BB or whatever the software is called must be running on a server somewhere in a corner. They have bigger fish to fry.

crystal · **Joined:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:47 pm **Posts:** 390

Tim wrote:

TheFuzzy wrote:

The old board was a toxic atmosphere starting in 2008, when Justin and Lindsey left BCP and the staff there got more concerned about banning threads which criticized BCP than fixing the bugs.

Fuzzy,

It was more than criticism of them. I was sent a pointed memo suggesting that I was less than fair with my criticisms of All-Clad Metallcrafters. You know the company that wins EVERY CI Test and distributes BCP subscription/book literature in every box.

Then there was the DaVinci Olive Oil scandal... That one was beyond the pale.

Tim

Crap. It's still sad. Manna, yes, manna.

phoenix · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:30 pm

I agree. sad

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